The VA granted an initial 10 percent rating for chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis effective July 30, 2004. The veteran's service connection claim for chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic sinusitis was denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms of persistent productive cough with occasional blood streaks were not severe enough to warrant a higher rating under the old or new criteria as of July 30, 2004. The VA found no evidence supporting service connection for chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic sinusitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Bronchiectasis, Chronic Bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0639486
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